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Legacies Project Oral History: Louise Adams

Louise Adams was born in 1928 and grew up in Ecorse, Michigan. She was the first Black student to graduate second highest in her class at Ecorse High School in 1946. She studied art education at Wayne State University and taught in public schools from 1951 until her retirement in 1983. She married Chuck Adams in 1951 and they had two children, Marcus Adams and Sylvia Adams Burns. They lived in Detroit and then Inskter, where the family built their own home. Louise Adams passed away on June 12, 2014.

Louise Adams was interviewed in partnership with the Museum of African American History of Detroit and Y Arts Detroit in 2010 as part of the Legacies Project.

Ann Arbor Team Wins State Class B Softball Championship, September 1969

Ann Arbor Team Wins State Class B Softball Championship, September 1969 image
Year:
1969
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 2, 1969
Caption:
Ecorse's Paul Nelson tried to take Geisler first baseman Dave Hirth out of this play with a slide into the bag but Nelson was out on a throw from shortstop Jack Briegel after he fielded Nelson's grounder. Geisler pitcher Jim Bennett is in the background.

Ann Arbor Team Wins State Class B Softball Championship, September 1969

Ann Arbor Team Wins State Class B Softball Championship, September 1969 image
Year:
1969
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 2, 1969
Caption:
Dave Hirth of Ann Arbor Geisler Plumbing slides home with the run which gave the state Class B Softball Champs a 1-0 lead over Ecorse. Hirth, who had tripled, scored on a sacrifice fly by pitcher Jim Bennett. The umpire is Carl Genske. Geisler Plumbing went on to defeat their Ecorse rivals, 4-2, in the final game.

Ann Arbor Team Wins State Class B Softball Championship, September 1969

Ann Arbor Team Wins State Class B Softball Championship, September 1969 image
Year:
1969
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 3, 1969
Caption:
Ann Arbor Geisler Plumbing retained its State class B softball championship, won for the first time a year ago, with four straight victories over the Labor Day weekend. Members of the 1969 championship team are, from row, from left, Nick Kellum, Henry Lansky, Lyle Laidlaw, Doug Horning, and Jess Kauffman. In second row, again from left, are Don Horning, Duane Black, Jack Briegel, Dave Hirth, Gary Downer, Dick Dehn, Jim Bennett, Manager Bill Neff, Jim Strong, Dick Leonard (Geisler vice-president), and Jim Kruse.